IceCube Collaboration

1. IceCube Collaboration Overview & Response to 2008 SAC Report Tom Gaisser

2. Calendar (Spring 2009) • M&O “Lessons Leearned” workshop – February 3,4 • Pole season ends – February 12 • MREFC PY8 Funding Request submitted - February 12 • Planning meeting at NSF – February 20 • Software and Computing Advisory Panel – March 24-25 • IceCube/RPSC Planning Meeting – March 25 • April 1: Project Year 8 begins, initial MREFC PY8 funding awarded • Deep Core/86 string end-game plan submitted April 1 • M&O proposal submitted April 7 • Transition to IC59 – April ? • Collaboration meeting – April 28 – May 2 • Annual review at NSF – May 6-7 • ICRC papers due May 15 (extended to May 22) • Science Advisory Committee – May 20-21 • Future: IOFG ? Tom Gaisser

3. Outline • Successful season • 19 strings (inc. 1st deep core) • 19 IceTop stations • Status report in response to SAC 2008 comments on • Support for physics analysis • Support for M&O of IceCube • Responses to specific recommendations of SAC 2008 on • Analysis plans • Publications • Detector optimization • R&D • Data handling • Future SAC meetings Tom Gaisser

4. 18 27 36 28 19 20 13 12 6 5 11 4 10 3 2 L 37 26 17 19 holes & strings in 50 days! Tom Gaisser

5. 38 IceTop tanks installed, filled, frozen & commissioned before station closing Tom Gaisser

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7. Support for physics analysis • The Committee was glad to see that real physics analysis is now starting using the IceCube data but would like to understand in the future how the analysis will be organized and how sufficient manpower will be gathered to cover all of the physics opportunities. • MREFC ramp-down removes central support for young scientists. It is imperative that funding be secured for the next several years to allow this group to participate in the physics program of IceCube. If funding for 15 of these individuals can be obtained, the US effort can be brought to a healthy number, 28 scientists and 27 students plus faculty. • We recommend that the IceCube collaboration consider submitting a new coordinated supplemental grant proposal to empower the universities to play a leading role in IceCube physics program Tom Gaisser

8. Status of base grants & MOUs • Annual NSF review was May 6, 7 • See executive summary report on docushare • U.S. base grants being negotiated now • Program officers using MOUs as guide to needed funding levels • Current round of proposals from U.S. groups • Base grants receiving significant increases • Somewhat less than requested • M&O proposal assumes increased level in base grants • New institutions are getting support • MOUs available by link / handout Tom Gaisser

9. Uppsala University • Stockholm University • University of Oxford •  Universität Mainz • Humboldt Univ., Berlin • DESY, Zeuthen • Universität Dortmund • Universität Wuppertal • MPI Heidelberg • RWTH Aachen University Utrecht • Univ Alabama, Tuscaloosa • Univ Alaska, Anchorage • UC Berkeley • UC Irvine • Clark-Atlanta University • U Delaware / Bartol Research Inst • Georgia Tech • University of Kansas • Lawrence Berkeley National Lab • University of Maryland • Ohio State University • Pennsylvania State University • University of Wisconsin-Madison • University of Wisconsin-RiverFalls • Southern University, Baton Rouge Chiba University EPFL Lausanne • Universite Libre de Bruxelles • Vrije Universiteit Brussel • Université de Mons-Hainaut • Universiteit Gent Univ. of Canterbury, Christchurch The IceCube Collaboration: 33 institutions, ~250 authors Tom Gaisser

10. Collaboration head count & FTE • 33 Institutions • Faculty 62 (31 U.S., 33 non-U.S.) • Post-docs, etc. 57 (41 U.S., 16 non-U.S.) • Ph.D. students: 86 (33 U.S., 53 non-U.S.) • Total active: 207 (105 U.S., 102 non-U.S.) • FTE breakdown (scientists only) • FTE in M&O: 45.5 (26* U.S., 19.5 non-U.S.) • *26 U.S. includes 6 FTE requested in M&O proposal • FTE in Analysis 53 ( 24 U.S., 29 non-U.S.) Tom Gaisser

11. Requested ~ 5 FTE still on MREFC Collaboration resources in M&O Distributed Management and Funding Model (FY12 FTE) Tom Gaisser

12. M&O support • It is now imperative to provide the M&O funding so that the physics potential of the experiment can be exploited. Since this is an international experiment, other countries should also be providing their fair share of M&O support. • The Committee requests that the M&O funding plan be fully described at the next meeting and that the IceCube collaboration work with the NSF and other country agencies to assure that the M&O tasks are fully covered in a fair and adequate division. Tom Gaisser

13. Status of M&O • Proposal submitted April 7 • Request support for 5 years starting 2010 • Review panel May 7 / 8 • MOU coordinated with M&O task list • Emphasis on distribution of effort across the collaboration • Status report in Jim Yeck’s talk next on agenda Tom Gaisser

14. Analysis plans • Recommendation • We recommend that each analysis topic establishes its own set of necessary tasks to be completed and clear milestone dates for their execution. • We would further suggest that by the time of our next meeting the Committee is presented with much more information on the plans for assessing systematic uncertainties for each of the main upcoming topics for the next 1- 2 years…. • Experimental cross checks, validation, and error assessment often require most of the effort. • Responses – see Elisa Resconi’s presentation as analysis coordinator • Working group wiki’s • Systematic uncertainties a main focus of analysis phone calls & wiki and of calibration phone calls & wiki • L2a story as an example Tom Gaisser

15. IceCube Analysis & Ph.D. Theses Matrix(numbers in boxes indicate number of active Ph.D. theses; colored boxes indicate institutional activity in area) Tom Gaisser May 2009

16. IceCube overall Analysis Contribution Matrix (numbers in boxes indicate FTE effort on Ph.D. thesis work, preparation of papers, etc.) May 2009

17. Presentations at conferences • Recommendation • The Committee would also recommend to the Collaboration to aggressively disseminate IceCube results in topical conferences. • Response • ICRC papers • Speakers’ committee web page Tom Gaisser

18. Presentations at meetings- two examples • Spring APS meeting (May 2-5, 2009) • Teresa Montaruli, “Recent results from IceCube” • I. Taboada, “Neutrino messengers from GRBs” • M. Baker, “Neutrino Point Source Searches with iceCube 22 String Configuration” • Laura Gladstone, “Observation of the Moon Shadow in the IceCube 40 string detector” • D. Besson, “Updates on IceCube's Radio Frequency extension” • D. Rocco Seasonal Variations of the Atmospheric Muon Flux in IceCube • R. Abbasi Large scale cosmic rays anisotropy as observed with IceCube • 31st International Cosmic Ray Conference (July 8-15, 2009) • Biennial • Major conference of particle astrophysics • Auger, TA, etc • Gamma-ray telescopes • Neutrino astronomy • Total of 36 submitted: 19 talks; 17 posters with complementarity of posters/talks Tom Gaisser

19. First 3 months of 2009 Tom Gaisser

20. Papers • Recently published or accepted • Solar flare paper • ApJ689 No 1 (2008 December 10) L65-L68 • IceCube DAQ paper • Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 601 (2009) 294–316 • AMANDA 7 year point source search • Phys. Rev. D 79, 062001 (2009).) + events posted on web • AMANDA 7 year atmospheric neutrinos • PRD, Accepted • IC22 WIMP search, PRL, accepted • In process • IC9 analysis of GRB 080319B responding to reviews • Sound speed paper out to collaboration • IC22 Point Source Paper out to collaboration • IceCube PMT Paper almost ready Tom Gaisser

21. Papers (cont’d) • Expected soon • GRB search(es), northern hemisphere • AMANDA cascades • IC40 Moon shadow • IC40 point source search • Needed • CR anisotropy paper • IceCube atmospheric neutrinos • IceTop technical description paper • Including performance • Atmospheric paper based on in-ice & IceTop rates • IceCube performance paper • Primary energy spectrum/composition Tom Gaisser

22. Detector optimization • Recommendation on Deep Core (1st priority) • Deep Core is a good idea; SAC endorses it • Provide info on angular resolution and background rejection • Put some High QE DOMs on central standard IceCube string • Decommission AMANDA • Response: 1-3 all done. See deep-core proposal, deep core talk next on agenda • Recommendation: placement of outer strings • Try for further optimization of location of strings • Insure no negative impact on physics goals • Response: Optimized map; studies underway • (see Karle’s talk) Tom Gaisser

23. Approach to R&D • Recommendations • Take advantage of IceCube holes (unique opportunity) • May require seeking funding • Stronger engagement of Collaboration in R&D activities • ICB review; milestones; progress reports • Develop plan for possible future use of drill • Response: • R&D status reports on agenda in afternoon • Hoffman career grant features radio • Combined R&D working group established • K. Helbing, chair; coordinate with M&O • Improved focus and coordination of activities Tom Gaisser

24. Data handling • Recommendations: • Develop more effective data compression to cope with high data rate • NSF roadmap for satellite bandwidth • Reorient simulations from MREFC to physics • Plan regular computing upgrades for data warehouse • Data challenge: signal insertion into data stream • Responses: • Talks after lunch by Blaufuss/Hanson, Merck, Braun Tom Gaisser

25. Use of S.A.C. • The Committee hopes that the comments of the SAC group are helpful for the IceCube program and encourages the collaboration to think about how the SAC can best be used in the future. • We would like to arrange meetings so that more of the collaboration scientists are involved. • Two possibilities: • Set SAC meeting to overlap with end of collaboration meeting • SAC members attend some of collaboration meeting • Some of both Tom Gaisser